Additional Context: The sudden reduction in foreign assistance has contributed to a noticeable contraction of humanitarian presence in frontline and hard-to-reach areas. As described by a staff member of The Tenth of April (TTA): "Before the cuts, our mobile teams regularly visited small frontline-adjacent villages in Khersonska and Mykolaivska oblasts where residents rely almost entirely on humanitarian actors for legal assistance, psychosocial support, updated information, and other essential humanitarian assistance. Once funding was reduced, our staffing and operational footprint had to be scaled back, and we could no longer maintain the same frequency of visits. One of our social workers described returning to a village after several weeks of absence: residents had compiled lists of people urgently needing support — ranging from legal and psychological assistance to help accessing basic services and humanitarian aid —  including older persons and individuals with disabilities who could not leave their homes. During the gap in our presence, they had no channel to report protection incidents, no timely information on available services, and no safe point of contact to request help."

TTA is a Ukrainian humanitarian and human rights organization, supporting internally displaced and war-affected people, as well as refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons and those at risk of statelessness across 11 regions of the country. Established by human rights lawyers, TTA delivers legal aid, psychosocial support, protection services, emergency assistance and community-based programs, while working to strengthen the rule of law and help vulnerable communities recover and rebuild.

Source: The Tenth of April (TTA), ACAPS